Monty Python

Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) were a Britishsurreal comedy group who created the sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four seasons. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books, and a stage musical. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles' influence on music.

Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Flying Circus was conceived, written, and performed by its members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons had creative control which allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America, it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.

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Sailor #1: Still no sign of land. How long is it?Sailor #2: That's a rather personal question, sir.Sailor #1: (low voice)You stupid git. I meant how longhas it been in the lifeboat? You've destroyed theatmosphere now.Sailor #2: I'm sorry.Sailor #1: Shut up. Start again.Sailor #1: Still no sign of land. How long is it?Sailor #2: 33 days, sir.Sailor #1: Thirty-three days?Sailor #2: We can't go on much longer. (low voices) Ididn't think I destroyed the atmosphere.Sailor #1: Shut up.Sailor #2: Well, I don't think I did.Sailor #1: 'Course you did.Sailor #2: (aside, to 3) Did you think I destroyed theatmosphere?Sailor #3: Yes I think you did.Sailor #1: Shut up. Shut up!Sailor #1: Still no sign of land. How long is it?Sailor #2: 33 days, sir.Sailor #4: Have we started again? (slap)Sailor #1: STILL no sign of land. How long is it?Sailor #2: 33 days, sir.Sailor #1: Thirty-three days?Sailor #2: We can't go on much longer, sir. We haven'teaten since the fifth day.Sailor #3: We're done for, we're done for!Sailor #1: Shut up, Maudling.Sailor #2: We've just got to keep hoping. Someone mayfind us.Sailor #4: How we feeling, Captain?Captain: Not too good. I...I feel so weak.Sailor #2: We can't hold out much longer.Captain: Listen...chaps...there's still a chance.I'm...done for, I've...got a gammy leg and I'm goingfast; I'll never get through. But...some of you might.So...you'd better eat me.Sailor #1: Eat you, sir?Captain: Yes. Eat me.Sailor #2: Iiuuhh! With a gammy leg?Captain: You needn't eat the leg, Thompson. There'sstill plenty of good meat. Look at that arm.Sailor #3: It's not just the leg, sir.Captain: What do you mean?Sailor #3: Well, sir...it's just that -Captain: Why don't you want to eat me?Sailor #3: I'd rather eat Johnson, sir! (points tosailor #4)Sailor #2: So would I, sir.Captain: I see.Sailor #4: Well that's settled then...everyone's gonnaeat me!Sailor #1: Uh, well.Sailor #2: What, sir?Sailor #1:: No, no you go ahead, please, I won't.......Sailor #4: Oh, nonsense, sir, you're starving. Tuck in.Sailor #1: No, no, it's not that.Sailor #2: What's the matter with Johnson, sir?Sailor #1: Well, he's not kosher.Sailor #3: That depends how we kill him, sir.Sailor #1: Yes, that's true. But to be perfectly frankI...I like my meat a little more lean. I'd rather eatHodges.Sailor #2: Oh well, all right.Sailor #3: I still prefer Johnson.Captain: I wish you'd all stop bickering and eat me.Sailor #2: Look. I tell you what. Those who want to caneat Johnson. And you, sir, can have my leg. And we makesome stock from the Captain, and then we'll haveJohnson cold for supper.Sailor #1: Good thinking, Hodges.Sailor #4: And we'll finish off with the peaches.(picks up a tin of peaches)Sailor #3: And we can start off with the avocados.(picks up two avocados) Sailor #1: Waitress! (awaitress walks in) We've decided now, we're going to

Monty Python

Monty Python (sometimes known as The Pythons) were a Britishsurreal comedy group who created the sketch comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus, that first aired on the BBC on 5 October 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four seasons. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, spawning touring stage shows, films, numerous albums, several books, and a stage musical. The group's influence on comedy has been compared to The Beatles' influence on music.

Broadcast by the BBC between 1969 and 1974, Flying Circus was conceived, written, and performed by its members Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin. Loosely structured as a sketch show, but with an innovative stream-of-consciousness approach (aided by Gilliam's animation), it pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in style and content. A self-contained comedy team responsible for both writing and performing their work, the Pythons had creative control which allowed them to experiment with form and content, discarding rules of television comedy. Their influence on British comedy has been apparent for years, while in North America, it has coloured the work of cult performers from the early editions of Saturday Night Live through to more recent absurdist trends in television comedy. "Pythonesque" has entered the English lexicon as a result.

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